draw play
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- noun
- /drɔ pleɪ/
- Jargon
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- The Patriots put seven defensive backs on the field, offering an ideal situation for a draw play.
- yards on a draw play
But there's one play where I miss a a tackle in the whole draw play.
- But there's one play where I miss a a tackle in the whole draw play.
Examples
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And there's the draw play.
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Quarterback Dakota Smith on a draw play against Kaufman Saturday night.
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Turner took over again, catching a Ryan pass for 8 yards, followed by an 8-yard run on a draw play to get the ball to the Bucs' 18-yard line.
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As Texans fans who have had to sit through Jacoby Jones and now Keshawn Martin for the past four seasons can attest, we would like to have at least one receiver besides Andre Johnson who can be relied upon to actually catch a pass and burn the angle of a descending safety for a huge gain rather than drop a wide open slant and set up yet another third and long draw play.
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It turns out sophomore Sean Mannion injured the meniscus in his left knee during OSU's 19-6 win over Washington State on Saturday, tweaking the knee on a simple handoff during a draw play.
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In the critical moment of the game, the coach called for a draw play to surprise the defense.
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The team successfully executed a draw play, allowing the running back to slip through the defensive line for a big gain.
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After studying the opponent's strategy, they devised a clever draw play that caught the defense off guard.
Synonyms
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6.1
A play where the quarterback fakes a pass then gives the ball to the runner
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'draw' in this entry already denotes the specific rushing run after a pass fake, and 'play' is a general sports action; together they compose straightforwardly as 'a play that is a draw'. The meaning is therefore directly derivable from the constituent senses, although it is a domain-specific (American football) term.
Etymology
Draw play comes from a trick in American football where the quarterback 'pretends to pass' to pull defenders forward, then hands the ball to a runner who 'runs through' the line. The word draw here means to pull the defense in, so draw play means a play that fools the defense with a fake pass before the run.